Liberal Democracy of France

Liberal Democracy was a conservative-liberal political party in France that was active from 1998 to 2002. The party replaced the Republican Party of France, which was the classical liberal component of the Union for French Democracy. The party promoted less government intervention in the economy, and it represented the Orleanist strain of France's right-wing politics. In contrast to Valery Giscard d'Estaing's "advanced liberalism", which included social conservatism, the party had a more pure classical liberalism, and it had Thatcherist economic policies. In foreign policy, Liberal Democracy was strongly pro-American, supporting the USA after 9/11, setting itself apart from the rest of the right. In 2002, Liberal Democracy merged into the Union for a Popular Movement.